Monster Ball

So I've been inspired by Pinterest.com to make these little monsters for fun! I went to Michaels, got some felt and started drawing out some monsters. I suppose I would have a million of these guys if I just pulled out my sewing machine, but I have thoroughly enjoyed hand-sewing them while chilling out to one of my favorite shows. They look so silly and are very easy to make! There isn't a particular reason I'm making them except that I have a ton of fun doing them and I thought it might be a fun idea to make more for Halloween, stick them in a basket with a cute sign saying "Adopt a Monster" and hand them out while I trick or treat with my nieces and nephews. :-)  Dorky...I know, but I thought it would be cute.

Here are my "Monster Ball" creations:

Francois and Marmalade 

 Francois

 Marmalade

 Mr. Wipple and Roberta

Mr. Wipple

Roberta

Yeah, that's right. I named them. Hahaha. 

My Kitchen Aid: Dee Dee

May I present the newest addition to our family!!

This is my beautiful Kitchen Aid, Dee Dee.

Isn't she beautiful?! And yes, I made a batch of cupcakes once I pulled her outta her box! :-)

So I started a new random blog. Don't worry I'll still keep posting here!! This blog is just going to be about...uhh...I have no clue. I just got inspired to start it when I listed my employer on Facebook as "Athena, Aphrodite, Hera, & Artemis Inc" position: "Domestic Goddess". So my Muse blog will continue without interruption and my Domestic Goddess one will flow in and out. :-)

The link is:

Athena, Aphrodite, Hera, & Artemis Inc
"The True and Honest Confessions of a Domestic Goddess"

My "first" pie.

I made my first pie!! :-) Well... actually it's not my very first pie. When I was about 15 (most likely younger) I decided to try making a Cherry Pie. I can't remember if it looked good or if it even tasted good. I'm not a fan of pie so...yeah. Lol. Now many years later I am married to a man who likes pie a lot. I realized that while I have made him an ice cream pie I've never made him an actual oven baked, fruit-filled home style pie. How is it that we have been married for almost 2 years and I haven't tried to make him a pie?! Heh...like I said...I'm not a pie person. So I decided to search for a good recipe and make an apple pie for my sweetie pie (hehe...oh dear...that was a bit cheesy wasn't it!!).

I found a recipe for a flaky crust and the filling recipe called Swedish Apple Pie. It was a bit tricky. I get rather distracted while baking (or cooking for that matter) and have to double/triple check everything to make sure nothing goes wrong so it took a little bit longer than the recipe prep-time called for. I didn't know what "pretty" pie design to do for the top so I had to just make it up as I went a long. I wanted it to end up looking like it had flower petals forming a flower....haha....unfortunately it didn't quite end up looking like that. Oh well! :-)

N has enjoyed eating it. I have had to keep tabs on him and the pie so that I could make sure he wouldn't eat the whole thing in one sitting. The pie keeps getting smaller and smaller, but I haven't actually witnessed him eating lately which means only one thing. He is being sneaky and eating it when I am not looking so I don't ask "N how much pie have already had today?" or tell him "Babe...you can't eat pie for breakfast/lunch/dinner." Haha! He is soo cute! :-)

Here is my quirky, but very tasty (yes, I tried it!) Swedish Apple Pie.

My projects!

I've been feeling incredibly crafty and creative lately. It's awesome!! :-) It's fun and gives me something very productive to do while at home! I guess now I am a Domestic Goddess. Lol. I've been working on a few projects lately and have a few simmering "on the back burner". I recently finished a project N started when we lived at our first apartment. He found this glider out by the dumpster and being the genius he is, he saw great potential in it. It lived on our balcony for many months while N took it apart, sanded it down, and fixed all the little problems. It then was transported to our new apartment and the work continued. We even picked out a cushion for it! Of course like most fix-up projects it needed paint. It took a while before we were able to chose a color that would work in our home and reflected our style.

I haven't done a lot of painting in my time so I thought now would be a great and perfect experience! Who knew I was a perfectionist when it came to painting! Lol! It was a lot of fun paiting that chair. N helped me out a little with the painting, but I think he knew how much fun I was having with it so he stayed out of the way. :-) Now our beautiful glider is sitting in our living room! Thalia loves the glider!! Haha! She has made her claim on it and gives us rather mean looks when we try sitting on it. She's too cute!


Wow...I'm sitting here waiting for all my pic to download from the camera to my computer and it's taking forever. I really need to go through all the pics and delete some. :-) Ah! Here we go...






This past weekend H came over so we could make a diaper cake for a baby shower she was throwing. What's a diaper cake you ask? Well...umm...it's a "cake" made out of diapers. :-) Pretty much you roll diapers together place them in the shape of a cake and decorate with different things the mom-to-be and new baby will need. We decided that if someone was ever going to try to make one that we should warn that person that you will NEED 2 PEOPLE! Lol. They don't tell you how hard it is to put that thing together! I think we were rather proud of ourselves though! The cake was sooo cute!